Tumbler-washer.



G. C. ROGERS.

; TUMBLER WASHER. APPLIUATION FILED 1111111 11, 191s.

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I .riiili Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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- UNITED STATES -PATEnT/onnic 7 GRANVILLE o. EosEns, 0E LA oEossE, Wisconsin? i TUMBLEE-WASHEE.

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Application mea :une 11, 1913. serial No. 773,075.

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Be it known that I, GRANvnLE C. ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in-Tumbler- Washers; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention comprehends improvements in tumbler washers and relates more particularly toJ, that class of devices which may be operated so as to cause Water to be sprayed against the interior and exterior .of a number of .tumblers or glasses simultaneously.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a tumblerwasher which shall be of extremely simple construction, compact, and capable of Washing one or'more tumblers at a single operation.

Another and more specific object of the invention is the provision of a tumbler,

washer including-a plurality of perforated trays for the support of the tumblers, and av plurality of spraying hoods positioned over the'. trays and adapted to be forced against tumblers lpositioned on the trays.

As aV still further object, the invention contemplates the provision of novel Water Acontrolling means including spring valves which are held normally closed but open under pressure and permit water to be sprayed against the tumblers.

With these and other objects in View, as

lwill become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my in-v vention, reference is to be had to the lfollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is a "top plan view of my improved tumbler 'washer, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane of line 2--2 of Fig. 1, parts of the device being shown in elevation, Fig. 3 is a vertical sec tional View taken on the plane of line 3 3 of Fig. 1, with parts of the device sho-wn in elevation, Fig. 4 is a detail bottom plan view of a spraying hood, Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view of a perforated tumbler `supporting trayFig. 6 isav detailsectional view through a spraying hood and nozzle, thev valve being shown in elevation, and, Fig. 7 is avertical sectional view through one of the perforated trays,ispraying nozzle, and

cooperating parts, the valve and valve st em Y being shown^ in elevation.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the Washer is of such construction as to be capable of cleaning three glasses or tumblers simultaneously, but it is to be understood that the device may be constructed lso as to clean in one operation, as .many

tumblers as desired.

My Washer is adapted to be lpositioned over a rinsing tank and has a base formed by the rods 10 and main water line or con.-

f duit, generally designated 11. The rods 10A which are four in number are connected in pairs by means of the four-way couplings 12 and 13, the rods of each pair being con-.

nected to opposite sides of their respective coupling and extending at right angles to the conduit 11. This conduit is formed' by a plurality of short pipes 14 and the three- -way couplings- 15 and 16.; The outermost pipes are connected to the couplings 12 and 13, respectively, and to the couplings 15,

-Whereas the inner pipes are connected'to the Acoupling 16 and to the couplings 15. A feed pipe 17 is connected to the coupling 18 which in turn is connected tothe coupling 12 by means of the. pipe 19. Water -may flow through the feed pipe 17, the main conduit 1l, to the coupling 2 0, which is Aconnected to the coupling 13 by means of the pipe 21. A water motor 22 may be driven by water flowing through the pipe 23 from the coupling 20. A valve 24 controls the flow of water tothe motor and said motor is for the purpose of drivino` a brush 25 which is useful in cleaning the interior of,

the glasses and tumblers. A branch 'pipe 26 extends rearwardly from the coupling 16 and connects to a coupling 27 whlch performs the same function as' the couplings 15. A nozzle 28 which, as is clearly shown in Fig. 7, consists of a cylindricalbody having one end closed by a head 29 formed with' the openings 29 and its other end reduced in diameter and externally threaded, is screwed within each of the couplings 15 and 27. A sleeve 30 telescopes over the outer end of each ofthe nozzles and isconnected to one of the segmental tumbler supporting trays -31. One of these trays is shown in detail loo in Fig. 5 and it will be seen that they are perforated and formed with a central opening in which the sleeve 30 is secured.

spider 32 is positioned within the upper end of each sleeve and is rigidly connected to a depending valve stem 33 which carries a valve ,34 that seats against the lower end of the nozzle so as to prevent water owing therein. An expansive spiral spring 35 surl rounds the valve stem and by bearing against the head 29 and the spider 32 holds the valve normally seated. in orderpto insure a proper seating of the valve when pressure is removed from the tray 31, l provide an expansive spiral spring 37 which acts inconjunction with the sprin 35, and which surrounds the nozzle and s eeve and bears against a plate 38. and the under side of the tray, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. rlhe vquire a minimum amount peculiar shape of the trays is such as to reof space and this will be apparent upon reference to Fig. 1

Guide rods 39 having the heads 40 are threaded intov thecouplings 18 and 20 and are disposed `in a vertical position for the purposev of guiding the reciprooatory cross bar 41. yThis bar is held normally in its uppermost position by means of expansive spiral-springs 42 which are housed within the tel'escoping casings 43. The upper sections of the telescoping casings are secured to the cross bar 41 and the lower sections are rigid with the couplings 18 and 20.

The means for directing water upon the exterior of the inverted tumblers is sup-i ported by the cross bar 41. This means 1ncludes a main coupling member 44 .which is connected to a vertical handle 45 and the pipes 46 and 47. The pipes 46 extend parallel with the bar 41 and the pipe 47 extends rearwardly from the coupling. Nozzles 48, similar in construction to the. nozzles 28, are extended through the bar 41 and threaded into thefcouplings 49, which are connected to the extremities of the. pipes 46. A nozzle 50 is threaded into the three-way coupling 51 carried by the pipe 47. A valve 52 seats upon the upper openend of each o the`l nozzles and carries a depending valve stem 53 which is connected to a concave-convex plate 54 forming a part-of the spraying hood, generally designated 55. This hood has a'neck or sleeve portion 56 which telescopes upon the lower end of the nozzle, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. An expansive Yspiral spring 57 insures a proper seating ofl the valve. Water is conveyed from the main conduit to the spraying hoods by means of a exible tubing 58iwhich is connected to the couplings 27 and 51.

Having'described the construction ot my `tumbler washer, it now remains to explain the operation thereof.

The tumblers to be washed are supported in an inverted position upon the perforated no waste of' water.

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noeaaeo trays 31, one tumbler being disposed upon each of the trays. rlhe spraying hoods are then ,forced downwardly by means oi the handle 45 into contact with the bottoms of the tumblers. When sulicient downward pressure is exerted the trays are forced downwardly against the tension of the springs 35 and 37, and unseat the valves34, allowing water to flow from the main conduit through the nozzles 28 into the tumblers. As the lower valves are being opened, the springs 57 are compressed and the valves 52 raised fromy the ends oi the nozzles 48 and water is discharged into the spraying hoods and `iiows through the perforated plates 55 onto the exterior of the tumblers. lf one glass or tumbler is to be cleaned,

a downward movement of the spraying I hoods will open only those valves which will permit water to iiow against the tumbler and thus it will be seen that there is As soon as the downward pressure is removed from the handle 45, the bar 41 raises the spraying hoods from engagement with the valves 34 and 52 automatically close. i

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawit will be seen that l have provided a very simply constructed tumbler washer which is of a compact form and which will operate to simultaneously spray lthe interior and exterior. of a plurality of tumblers.

The spraying hoods are positioned directly over the :centers of the supporting trays so that when the tumblers are properly positioned uponthe trays, they will be engaged by' the hoods when the latter are forced downwardly.

ltl is to be understood that while I have shown. and described theI preferred embodiment of my invention, l do not wish to be limited to this exact construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, but may make such changes as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

. Having thus described my invention, what l claim is:- Y

1. in a tumbler washer, a tumbler support, means whereby water may be forced upwardly through this support when the latter is forced downwardly, a spraying hood positioned over the tumbler support, and means whereby, when said hood is forced downwardly into engagement with a tumbler, watermay be allowed to How into the hood.

2. A tumbler washer including a main conduit, vertical spraying nozzles in communication with said conduit, spring'pressed valves normally closing the passages through said nozzles, a tumbler supporting member positioned above each of the nozzles and adapted to open the controlling valve therei tumblers and the o for when forced downwardly, a spraying hood positioned over each of the tumbler supporting members, means forA conveying water from the main conduit to said spraying hoods, and valves adapted to open when the spraylng hoods are forced downwardly into engagement with tumblers positioned upon the tumbler supporting members.

3. A tumbler washer including a main' Water conduit, a plurality of vertical spraying nozzles in communication with said conduit,- perforated .trays positioned over said nozzles, valves adapted to closeythe passages through-the'nozzles when the trays are in their raisedrpqsitions, spring means for normally holding said trays in their raised positions, a depending spraying nozzle supported over each of the trays, means for conveying water from the main conduit `to said depending spraying nozzles, and spring pressed valves adapted to normally close the passages through the depending spraying nozzles, a downward movement of the depending spraying nozzles into engagement' witl inverted tumblers positioned upon the trays, causing bot-h sets of valves to be opened.

4. In a tumbler washer, a base comprising a main water conduit and supporting rods extending at right angles to said conduit from adjacent the ends-thereof, a plurality of spring pressed perforated trays each of which is adapted to supporta tlunbler in an inverted to spray upwardly through said trays when they are forced downwardly, a reciprocat-ory member positioned above the trays, and.

means carried by the reciprocatory memberv for engagement with Ainverted tumblers, whereby the trays are lowered and water caused to spray upwardly.

position, means for causing water- 5. In a tumblerV washer, a base comprising a main water conduit and a plurality of supporting rods extending at right angles from adjacent the ends thereof, a plurality of individually movable tumbler supporting trays, means whereby water may be directed upwardly through said trays when they are forced downwardly, a pair of guide standards, a reciprocato-ry bar movably connected to said standards, a plurality of spraying hoods supported by said bar, one hood being positioned directly over each of the support! ing trays, means fordirect-ing water into said spraying hoods, and valves for opening and closing the passages through said means,

a downward movement of the reciprocatory bar serving to bring the hoods into engagement with tumblers supported upon the trays and open-the valves.

6. In a tumbler washer, a tumbler supporting tray, means whereby a downward movement of the tray will permit water to be sprayed upwardly therethrough, a spraying nozzle positioned over t-he tray, said nozzle having a cylindrical body open at each end, a spraying hood having va neck slidable upon the spraying nozzle,` a valve stem secured to the hood and extending through the nozzle, and a valve carried on 

